Many times we’ve been asked ‘So, do you have a pattern you follow each year?’ We always answer that we make it up as we go and don’t follow a pattern or routine. But as we prepare to get back out there on the open road this spring, I’m having a bit of dejavu. See if […]
Life on the Road
License Plate Bingo! Play Along…
Before we head out of Florida, we’re thinking of applying for personalized license plate tags for the bus and Mini – and even more so, we’d like it to be on one of Florida’s many speciality plates (to of course color coordinate!) Our creative juices are not yet fully back online – so we’d like to […]
Starting to Think Ahead
First of all, I wanted to say a sincere thank you for all of the heartfelt condolences left on our last blog post in response to my father’s passing. I am so very touched by how many people have reached out, and helped make this time a little bit easier by reminding us that we […]
Motto: Always Positive (RIP, Daddy – Tim VeArd)
It is with sadness in my heart that I write this post – and it is to let you know that my father peacefully passed away this past Sunday. He was surrounded by love, family, honor and appreciation in his final days. The past few weeks have been intense as his disease progressed far more […]
Ripples of Small Talk
Small talk is usually supposed to be just that – small talk. You’re asked the most basic of questions, and it’s anticipated you’ll give back a quick and easy answer. Things like ‘where are you from’ and ‘what do you do’ tend to be the starter questions. I’ve never really liked small talk. I like […]
Un-Cutting the Cord
Today is my seventh Nomadiversary – seven years since I cut the cord and left traditional fixed-location life behind. Over the years, I’ve often been asked “Why?” – what inspired me to hit the road to head out to see the world with only a ridiculously small Tab Clamshell and a little Jeep Liberty to […]
Millenicom: We’re All In This Together
After a week of playing phone and e-mail tag, on Friday we had a very positive talk with the owner of Millenicom in response to our Beware of the Overages of March post. Dennis Castle had pro-actively reached out to us within hours of the post going live, taking the post and the issues raised […]
Spring is for Abundance
After nearly 7 years on the road, and generally living in fairly extreme conservation of resources – our current situation is feeling pretty darn abundant. We have 50amps of power, all the water we can suck through a hose connection, easy sewer access for dumping the tanks, ample cellular signal (but of course not bandwidth) […]
Beware the Overages of March
Ever since Brutus killed Ceasar, the middle of March has been an ominous time of year. Our Story of Bandwidth Betrayal We love our Millenicom 20GB 3G/4G Hotspot Plan (which uses Verizon’s unrivaled LTE network), but at LTE speeds – 20GB can go pretty darned fast. And this is the biggest downside of life with blazing fast […]
Hanging In There
We’ve now been back in Melbourne, FL for nearly 3 weeks. Wow, the time goes by so quickly. We’ve been non-stop busy ever since we landed, and have little time for much else than the highest of priorities. The highest priority has been of course my father. We spend a good portion of our time […]
